Paranormal experiences are actually far more normal than most of us think and believe. The prefix "para" means a lot of things simultaneously, but in the case of paranormal experiences, it refers to those experiences which are beyond normal human comprehension or even scientific explanation. Paranormal experiences happen to all types of people all over the world everyday. They have been and will always remain mysterious - sometimes even frightening for those that experience them. In general, humans are made uneasy by anything that challenges their well-set, mundane preconceptions. Let's take a closer look at some of the most commonly-reported paranormal experiences:

Astral Travel:

- Astral travel, or astral projection, is an experience that takes one's essence out of the physical body. This is often referred to as an "Out of Body" experience, or OBE. The essence of your existence, your causal body if you will, separates from your physical body and is set free to travel about. The speed of travel is lightning-fast and the furthest destinations can be reached in a fraction of a second.

- The destinations can also be quite obscure. There are those that report traveling to such places as the pedal of a flower or inside someone else's ear. Once there, they are able to observe and learn of events and facts that they could never have otherwise. Astral projection is also believed by many to be an experience that can be self-induced at will. A form of self-hypnosis is induced and the essence of your being is set free. Of course, spontaneous astral projection requires no catalyst and destinations are not predetermined by the individual. In such cases, it is believed that the causal body is on an unknown, but much needed journey.

- Many times, people who are the verge of death deliver their final messages to the living that may be near them. They want us to know that they are going to be alright when they pass. They try to offer us a final message of wisdom and something that we can smile about and be happy about when we think of them after their passing. They often come out of seemingly catatonic states to deliver these messages.

- Many times, these deathbed messages seem eerie to the survivors, even scaring them. We are all so perplexed throughout our lives as to what the afterlife holds. Deathbed messages give some understanding to what that may be.

- Ghosts, spirits, apparitions: they have been around us all for all of time - even if we do not "believe" in them. Ghosts are a part of all of our lives. Who can say that they haven't felt unseen eyes upon them? Who can be sure that certain happenings in their lives haven't been directly caused by spirits? Who can say that they have never told or listened to ghost stories with fascination and a wondering mind?

- Poltergeists and other spirit activities are not simply ghost stories told at camp firesides. They are proven, documented, even filmed real life experiences. They are uncommon in the Hollywood style, yet they still surround us always. People are most often too afraid to admit the possibility of a ghost presence near them. People fear what they do not understand. However, there are many who believe and swear by their own very personalized ghost stories.

- NDE, Near Death Experiences are one of the more commonly felt paranormal experiences. Commonly, they involve the individual being drawn towards a centralized, intense light source. They may describe feeling a "magnetic" pull into it. There are many who have been pronounced clinically braindead for several minutes before inexplicably springing back to life. There have been people that have set straight up in their beds after having been taken to a morgue.

- The experience of dying is only fully understood by those who have completed the process. Near death experiences are said to give most who have them a new and more profound understanding of life. They often emerge more appreciative and undergo dramatic personal transformations. They want to maximize the positivity of their remaining life after they have brushed the eternal.

- There have been many psychologists throughout history that specialize in the interpretation of our dreams. A dream is the subconsciousness' movie theater. Dreams are said to hold much more power and meaning than they are commonly given credit for. Everyone has dreams, but precognitive dreams are another matter. Many times, people all over the would experience precognitive dreams that give them advance warnings of events that have yet to transpire. Sometimes, they are warnings. Sometimes, they are invitations. Other times, they are providers of information that the dreamers just shouldn't be privy to. There is great power in our dreams. We need to pay attention to them and try to remember them.

Paranormal experiences are quite normal indeed. People worldwide experience these types of events every day. Many people are gifted to be able to not shy away from these experiences. Instead, they embrace them and learn from them. The next time that you feel that you have had a paranormal experience, pay attention and try to decipher exactly what it is trying to tell you about.

Comments

By Tiffany, Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:07:08 AM
I want to know about time travel in my dreams. How can I be more aware that it is not a dream and I shouldn't interfere? My "travel guide" seems to get bothered by me not just staying by them? I want to keep on trucking but how can I show self control?

By Laura, Thursday, April 01, 2010 09:38:37 PM
I heard a "GHOST BABY" crying several time in my home in the country. Although there was no children/infants/babies in my home, one afternoon, my husband, myself and my now deceased brother-in-law who died approximately 2 months after hearing the "GHOST BABY" cry at the exact same time as myself and my husband with no prior knowledge of any sort of these events, that day, I heard the "GHOST BABY" cry again, and my maternal/paternal insticts compelled me to rise and go across the house to check on and see about the non-existent, or rather absent baby who was crying at the time, when my husband said "Laura, sit down, there are no children in the house", as my eyes widened in disbelief, my then 27 year old brother-in-law said aloud with great amazement; "Oh my God!; both of you heard it to?" and I replied "Heard What?"; and he replied, "A baby crying in the 2nd bedroom across the house!; so why are you getting up to check?; and Why is Jason telling you to sid down, don't worry, because there is no children in the house?". I then said, "So both of you heard the exact same thing;, the sound of an infant baby crying in the 2nd room across from the living room"?; and so I'm not losing my mind, or going crazy?; you actually, really heard it too? He replied yes and , no, you are not crazy or hearing things, my husband heard it as well. Although I have heard it several times before, along with my husband hearing it too, but now my brother-in-law heard it too! We all heard it at the exact same time, The exact same thing! My Question is: "What is the purpose of hearing a "GHOST BABY" infant crying?, "Who, What is it?; and What does it want? What is it's purpose?, What do I make of it all?; Is it actually a "GHOST BABY", and ANGEL, deceased SPIRIT of an INFANT BABY crying as a lifelong IMPRINT; or is there a message related to the event, or hint of one I should be looking for? PLEASE HELP ME FIQURE THIS OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!, This has NEVER, EVER happened to me before in my entire lifetime and so it must have meaning, need something, or be trying to tell me something? I NEED HELP ON THIS ONE AND ADVISE ABOUT IT ALL! Your support, replies, suggestions, comments would be greatly appreciated., Sincerely Yours, Laura Denise Thomas-Haley from Houston, Texas

By Laura, Thursday, April 01, 2010 08:57:10 PM
My husband and I have a "GHOST BABY" in our home in the country. It has been confirmed that it is true and I'm not going crazy since both my husband, his brother (3 months prior to his passing in an auto accident at the age of 27 yrs.) and myself had all experienced at the exact same time, hearing the same exact sound of this "GHOST BABY" crying from a bedroom across from the area we were all three (3) sitting at the time we heard it, from the other room, the same room where I have heard it before several times in the exact same manner. I can confirm this since 3 months prior to my brother-in-laws sudden death in a MVA 2 years prior, my husband, myself and my brother in law were watching TV when we heard it one early afternoon. I knew for a fact that no children were in the house at the time, but maternal/paternal insticts compelled me, without saying a word, to get up and go check on this "Ghost Baby". As I rose to go check, my husband said "Laura, sit down, there are no children here, it's okay don't worry about it"; then my brother-in-law said, "O'h my God; yall heard that too?, I said "What did you hear?" He replied, "A baby crying from the room across the house"; then I reconfirmed him and my husband hearing the exact same thing I did at the exact same time, and for reassurance, I stated "So, I'm not going crazy and just hearing things then?! and said "So you heard it too huh?; and they both replied "Yes". I would really like to know what this means because this is the first time anything like this has happened to me in my lifetime, and an experience I cannot ever and will not ever be able to forget since I wasn't the only one who heard and experienced this Phenomenon. Please help me interpret this matter.

By Sue, Thursday, February 25, 2010 05:34:46 PM
unfortunately Sylvia has broken her promise to always be here for all of us...you can go back and check her first webcasts...she is all about money and this webcast is free! So I'm sure you have gotten one of her emails to signup and pay for watching her webcasts. She has given alot of hope to alot of people and I'll give her that. I was heartbroken when I realised she wasn't what she appears to be. But there is a real lot of other people that aren't trying to make 800 for a reading that sucks...and the veil is thinning and a pcychic that I went to see said that in 2012 the veil will be gone and all your loved ones are right there with you always! God bless all of you and don't kill the messenger.

By Miranda, Thursday, February 11, 2010 02:49:19 PM
hi...
once i had a dream. in the dream, i was sleeping, and i woke up and i felt a strange precence in front of me, so i reached out and i felt a human hand even though there was nothing there. then suddenly a boy appeared.he looked about 8(more or less). he took me to his house. at his house i noticed there were a lot of cats. he said that they were his pets and that threr was 9-12 of them. he also said he doesn't remember his name and he doesn't remember where his parents are. i thought he was a ghost so i told him that he needs to go to heaven now, then he disappeared.i woke up with a cold sweat. was it just a dream or did i help a ghost reach heaven? -Miranda L. S.

By mary, Thursday, February 04, 2010 09:34:02 AM
hi!sylvia! i like to tell you something that happed to me.i was sleeping it"s been 2 months i think.i just woke up.i truned over to see if chris was in bed.there was somebody there in between me and chris.i don't know who it was?he was med size blond or gray hair.and he was laying beside.amber has seen a man.and my son we frist moved here he seen a big dog?and i dreamed of coverd wagons and old cars back in the old days. the sky was real blue and in the clonds the coved wagons where coming strait to me. but the sky and all.it was so pretty.whart dose it mean? mary

By Nicole, Tuesday, January 19, 2010 01:21:40 AM
Hi Sylvia; I think the other day I had seen a angel that was appeared to be a lady with blonde hair, and seemed real and she was helping me with carts down a hill, was that an angel? When; I turned around, she was gone as quickly as she appeared.'

By Nicole, Tuesday, January 19, 2010 01:19:35 AM
Hi Sylvia; why can I only see orbs in photos? Thanks.

By MARSHA, Monday, January 18, 2010 01:59:15 AM
YOU ALL ARE JUST--HATERS--SYLVIA AND CHRIS--ROCK!!!